Great Golden Digger Wasp


	Great Golden Digger Wasp

ofcapri

7-11-2008 7:10 PM

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ofcapri says:

Recently caught one of these wasp. Looked it up on google for information then set it free. It turned on its afterburners and took off like a jet. Awesome wasp.

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7-11-2008 8:18 PM

carrerinyes

This reminds me of when I was a child catching bees in glass jars! Never was stung..

7-11-2008 9:52 PM

ofcapri

carrerinyes - @ 65 I am in some ways still a child. Nature is great.

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	Great Golden Digger Wasp -<I> Sphex ichneumoneus</I></A>
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies) / Apocrita (Ants, Bees and 
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		of large animals such as myself. 

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